BC considers wage hike

[flamingfingers]

http://www.castanet.net/edition/news-st ... htm#161628

Yeah, right!! The buying of votes using our money starts.

[Donald G]

Postby flamingfingers » 5 minutes ago

http://www.castanet.net/edition/news-st ... htm#161628

Yeah, right!! The buying of votes using our money starts.

NDP supporters are going to have to decide if they are going to complain about the low minimum wage in BC or complain about the government raising the minimum wage.

Having every position on everything is the reason that the NDP is not able to attract votes when it comes to elections. Except for Union executive votes because they are all NDP supporters.

[alfred2]

how does raising the min. wage buy votes and with our money./ explain, or is it another dumb rant.

[Urbane]

Yeah, right!! The buying of votes using our money starts.

Raising the minimum wage is a good thing and not a bad thing. I believe you'll find that the majority of people will support the move. When Christy Clark met with the province's union leaders in her office a couple of years ago (all the union leaders except the BCTF president who refused to attend) she made a commitment to raise the minimum wage but do it in such a way that jobs wouldn't be lost. She's keeping her promise. Good for her.

[flamingfingers]

She had the chance back in October to consider raising min wage.

http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2015/10/bc-2 ... in-canada/

[stuphoto]

If Christy Crook really cares about BC workers she would bring back the minimum 4 hour call out.
She was in office when her good friend Gordo reduced it to a 2 hour minimum.

Plus equal pay for waitresses and bartenders. None of this "they make tips" garbage.

[Ka-El]

Plus equal pay for waitresses and bartenders. None of this "they make tips" garbage.

They will get equal pay. At least minimum wage, although most restaurants pay bartenders a bit more. I used to serve tables and bartend. They were both great gigs (for a younger guy like I was at the time), lots of fun and yes - we made tips !!!

[GordonH]

Minimum wage increase is good thing for employees, also gives employers/owners a good excuse to increase prices as well.

[occasional thoughts]

I'm centre-left and I should support an increase in the minimum wage, but I don't. There is far too much distance between minimum wage and the unemployed rate ($0.00) these days.

[Urbane]

Yeah, right!! The buying of votes using our money starts.

She had the chance back in October to consider raising min wage.

You say that raising the minimum wage is "buying of votes" but criticize her for not doing it back in October.
Got it.

[Hassel99]

http://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-161628-3-.htm#161628

Yeah, right!! The buying of votes using our money starts.

/facepalm

[dieseluphammerdown]

http://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-161628-3-.htm#161628

Yeah, right!! The buying of votes using our money starts.

How is it buying votes?
Should she put this off until after the next election?
Should our lowest wage earners not be entitled to a small increase until it suits your time line.?
Could it be your blind hate for Christy clouds your judgement on anything she does?

[zzontar]

Plus equal pay for waitresses and bartenders. None of this "they make tips" garbage.

Do you mean equal pay and no tips, or that everyone should get tips?

[dontrump]

Tips are another matter/.I don't believe in tips.I dont see why when I go to dinner and get a bill for 75-100$
I then should pay the waiters wage on top of that.That is for the owner to do
I do tip a little but no more than 10% and only on the amount before tax is added

[Hurtlander]

Yeah, right!! The buying of votes using our money starts.

Should she put this off until after the next election?

There is quite a bit of speculation on other discussion forums, and FaceBook groups I belong to, even amongst card carrying liberals, that the reason the Christy Clark government is contemplating raising the minimum wage to an even higher amount than Its supposed to be going up to next, is because an early snap election is a strong possibility. Two reasons why, 1: Christy wants to take advantage of the anti-NDP momentum coming out of Alberta while the price of oil is still low and the NDP is being blamed for that. 2: She doesn't want to wait another year for the reality to set in that LNG isn't going to happen anytime in the near future because the bottom has fallen out of that market.
The curious thing is, if the NDP was demanding a wage increase all the usual suspects on here would have a million and one reasons why it would be a bad move for small businesses, yet when Christy says she's considering raising the minimum wage the same bunch of people support the idea.